Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr

Decided March 23, 2020. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-776 · 589 U.S. 221 (2020) · Cited 368 times

Holding

Because the phrase “questions of law” in the Immigration and Nationality Act’s Limited Review Provision, 8 U. S. C. §1252(a)(2)(D), includes the application of a legal standard to undisputed or established facts, the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that it had no jurisdiction to consider petitioners’ “factual” due diligence claims for equitable tolling purposes.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
• Kucana v. Holder · 558 U.S. 233 (2010)
• U. S. Bank N. A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC · 583 U.S. 387 (2018)
• Mitchell v. Forsyth · 472 U.S. 511 (1985)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• Pullman-Standard v. Swint · 456 U.S. 273 (1982)
• McNary v. Haitian Refugee Center, Inc. · 498 U.S. 479 (1991)
• Merck & Co. v. Reynolds · 559 U.S. 633 (2010)
• Neitzke v. Williams · 490 U.S. 319 (1989)
• Holland v. Florida · 560 U.S. 631 (2010)
• United States v. Gaudin · 515 U.S. 506 (1995)
• Reno v. Catholic Social Services, Inc. · 509 U.S. 43 (1993)
• Gutierrez De Martinez v. Lamagno · 515 U.S. 417 (1995)
• Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez · 572 U.S. 1 (2014)
• Stark v. Wickard · 321 U.S. 288 (1944)
• Dada v. Mukasey · 554 U.S. 1 (2008)
• Heikkila v. Barber · 345 U.S. 229 (1953)
• Bates & Guild Co. v. Payne · 194 U.S. 106 (1904)
• Lawson v. FMR LLC · 571 U.S. 429 (2014)
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Agnew · 329 U.S. 441 (1947)
• Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee · 579 U.S. 261 (2016)
• Reyes Mata v. Lynch · 576 U.S. 143 (2015)
• American School of Magnetic Healing v. McAnnulty · 187 U.S. 94 (1902)
• Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers · 583 U.S. 149 (2018)
• Weyerhaeuser Co. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Serv. · 586 U.S. 9 (2018)
• Patchak v. Zinke · 583 U.S. 244 (2018)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam · 591 U.S. 103 (2020)
• Nasrallah v. Barr · 590 U.S. 573 (2020)
• Bouarfa v. Mayorkas · 604 U.S. 6 (2024)
• Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, LP · 590 U.S. 45 (2020)
• Bufkin v. Collins · 604 U.S. 369 (2025)
• McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp. · 606 U.S. 146 (2025)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2020). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).